The Notes (22 page)

T
o tie one’s hands in advance & to openly tell an enemy who is presently armed that we
will
fight him & when is stupidity.

Andrei Gromyko “Foreign Policy—Soviet Union” 1975

T
he communist party subordinates all its theoretical & practical activity in the sphere of international relations to the task of strengthening the positions of socialism & in the interests of further developing & deepening the world revolutionary process.

Pravda

T
he world wide nature of our communist program is not mere talk
but
all embracing & all blood soaked reality.

Text Book

I
f we could effectively kill the Nat. pride & patriotism of just one generation we will have won that country. Therefore there must be continued propaganda abroad to undermine the loyalty of the citizen in general & the teenagers in particular.

Dmitriy Manuilsky Lenin School for Pol. Warfare—1930s

W
ar to the hilt between communism & capitalism is inevitable. But today we are too weak to strike. Our day will come in 30 or 40 years. First we must lull the capitalist nations to sleep with the greatest overtures of peace & disarmament known in history, and when their guard is dropped, we shall smash them with our clenched fist.

Russian Diplomat

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e’ll be over to finish the takeover sooner than you think. You know that a mixed economy is not permanent & you have already mixed so much socialism with your formerly free ec. that you cannot take it back or change. You are coming all the way into full socialism. We don’t have to fight you or urge you. We shall simply wait until you walk voluntarily into our camp.

Alex Solzhenitsyn

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t one time there was no comparison between the strength of the U.S.S.R. and yours. Then it became equal to yours. Soon it will be 2 to 1 then 3 & finally it will be 5–1 and it is fully determined to destroy your society.

Former Senator William Benton

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e must abolish the ’48 Balkanized units each in turn into scores of hundreds of local dist. so as to compete with Soviet Russia.

ON CHARACTER

Ralph Waldo Emerson

T
he hero is no braver than an ordinary man—but he is brave 5 min. longer.

Anonymous Quotes

T
he greatest liar has his believers. If a lie be believed for only an hour it has done its work. Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after; so that when men come to be undeceived it is too late; the tale has had its effect.

G
reatness is measured by your kindness, your ed. & intellect. By your modesty. Your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions & prejudices—your real caliber is measured by the consideration and thoughtfulness you have for others.

A
gentle[man] always says & does the kindest thing.

L
iberty is always dangerous but it’s the safest thing to have.

M
an’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

R
eality may be a rough road but escape from it is a precipice.

T
o sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

E
ven moderation should not be practiced to excess.

H
e who would have nothing to do with thorns should never attempt to gather flowers.

P
eople are lonely who build walls instead of bridges.